RE: Install Oracle 8i on Windows XP?

> > My assumption is that (everything else equal) *nix on a PC > > server is a superior technology, more performant, more stable.> > > > Unfortunately one has to know a lot more low level tech stuff > > to get into the *nix game than is the case with windows, and > > therefore *nix on a PC will remain to a large extent in the > > domain of high-skill-set purists and tech elites, not the mass > > market.

On 30 Jul 2002 at 10:06, Gargoyle wrote:

> For running a stable production database that a company can rely on,> those " high-skill-set purists and tech elitist a*holes" are still needed.

...

Right, and that is why 10 of millions of people have
*nix and IBM mainframes at home on their desktops to
do word processing and email.

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